This book was refused publication by the country it was written in and had to be smuggled out and published in another country.
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Monthly Archives: July 2017
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone is 20!
2017 marks the 20th anniversary of the first Harry Potter book. We have bought new House editions of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone for the Library that feature exclusive added material specific to each House. The first comment anyone says who seems them is ‘they are so beautiful’! You wouldn’t think librarians would get so excited about new editions – but they do!
As I was getting them ready for the shelves I lost count when I reached 6 staff coming up to have a look and feel and this started a great debate on who belongs to which house…we seem to have a lot of Gryffindor’s! If you want to be sorted into a House try this fun quiz.
The new editions will be available to borrow soon and can be reserved now – don’t forget to pick up your commemorative postcard next week to celebrate the birthday of this wonderful book
PS – It’s also World Chocolate Day so why not grab some chocolate and curl up with your House edition
The National Biography Award Shortlist 2017
Some readers love biography due to some fascinating personal stories or experience one can related to or just want to find someone and something really inspiring. Now we have a shortlist for the National Biography Award selected from 71 titles which should give some comfort for biography readers. Continue reading
Embrace the Cold Rebus Puzzle Week 5
This beloved tale of redemption has never been out of print and has been translated into many languages.
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Read: How to Make Healthy Normal
Make Healthy Normal kicks off from today for an entire July at our library. It’s an initiative by four Western Sydney libraries in partnership with Western Sydney Local Health District. We’d like to promote healthy eating and active living. Small steps can make a big difference to your health, eg, choose smaller portions and less kilojoules, eat more fruit and veg, be active every day, make water your drink and sit less move more.
Health & Wellbeing subject zone is the most popular read in the Library, so is Cooking zone. Here is a list of those books that will help you to make healthy normal. Books that written for kids that will encourage them to eat fruit & veg. Continue reading